Re: [xsl] Small changes to source XML

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 2004-05-14 09:16 -0400, Kenny Akridge wrote:
> I want to
> mostly copy all of my source XML to the output XML, with some small changes.
> ...
> What is the best way to do this with a lot of XML without using xsl:element?

Use an identity transform with additional template rules ... I used your 
data in the example below to produce your desired result.

I hope this helps.

............... Ken


T:\ftemp>type kenny.xml
<root>
  <a ID="74"/>
  <a ID="75"/>
  <a ID="76"/>
</root>

T:\ftemp>type kenny.xsl
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
                version="1.0">

<xsl:template match="a/@ID">
  <xsl:attribute name="ID">0</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="@*|node()"><!--identity for all other nodes-->
  <xsl:copy>
    <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
  </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>
T:\ftemp>saxon kenny.xml kenny.xsl
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><root>
  <a ID="0"/>
  <a ID="0"/>
  <a ID="0"/>
</root>
T:\ftemp>

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